Shaking Up Foundations of Math: Roger Penrose on Kurt Gödel’s Groundbreaking Work

Posted November 22nd, 2009 by admin

Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the 20th century. By showing that the establishment of a set of axioms encompassing all of mathematics would never succeed, he revolutionized the world of mathematics, logic and philosophy. Read more…

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